How much like a target can a mask be? Geometric, spatial, and temporal similarity in priming: a reply to Schlaghecken and Eimer (2006).

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The authors make 3 points in response to F. Schlaghecken and M. Eimer's proposal of self-inhibition as an explanatory factor in the negative compatibility effect:
(a) The self-inhibition hypothesis lacks empirical support for its main tenets; (b) considering the roles of geometric, spatial, and temporal similarity of primes and masks makes self-inhibition unnecessary; and (c) the negative compatibility effect occurs even when the main tenets of self-inhibition are violated. The authors propose that understanding what is "relevant" in a masked-priming task applies not only to geometric features that are shared with the target but to spatial and temporal ones as well. Briefly, target-mask similarity determines how motor preparation is accumulated during the prime-mask sequence.

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Author/s: Lleras, Alejandro (A); Enns, James T (JT);

Affiliation: Department of PsychologyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, USA. alleras(-atsign-)uiuc.edu

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Publication Type: Comment; Journal Article

Journal: Journal of experimental psychology. General (J Exp Psychol Gen), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Aug; vol 135 (issue 3) : pp 495-500

Dates: Created 2006/07/18; Completed 2006/12/15;

PMID: 16846278, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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CommentOn: J Exp Psychol Gen. 2006 Aug;135(3):484-94. (PMID: 16846277)

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